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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is normal BMI?






2. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






3. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






4. Fats can lead to some medical problems






5. Sources of fats






6. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






7. Where can you get more vitamin D?






8. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






9. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






10. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






11. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






12. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






13. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






14. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






15. What does DASH stand for?






16. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






17. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






18. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






19. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






20. Name six sources of grains






21. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






22. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






23. When does BMR decrease?






24. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






25. How many calories/gram is protein?






26. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






27. What is the function of vitamin E?






28. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






29. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






30. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






31. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






32. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






33. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






34. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






35. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






36. What foods have high quality protein?






37. What are healthy sources of fats?






38. The higher the BMR a client has --






39. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






40. When does BMR increase?






41. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






42. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






43. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






44. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






45. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






46. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






47. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






48. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






49. What is the function of vitamin C?






50. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?